Improvement in fountains



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Patented July 18, 1876.

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FOUNTAIN. 1 710.179.977. Patented Ju1y1a,`187e.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE. y

y THEODRE TURRETTINI, OF GENEVA, SVVI'IZItlR-LA1\TD.A

IlllPROVEMEN'l IN FOUNTAINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent rio-179,977, dated July 18, .1876.; application led Match 3l, 1876.

1n artificial fountains designed for display, l

it frequently occurs that the supply ot' water is limited, and mostcities being obliged to elevate, at considerable expense, the waterA destined vfor various uses, a very restricted portionv of the water can be devoted to fountains for display only. Hence itis often necessary or desirable to economize in the use of water for display; andthe object of my invention is to' accomplish this result by utilizing, in a fountain apparatus, the pressure exerted by the water in the conduits op pipes supplying the fountain to elevate and discharge, through the jet or nozzle, with the water ejected under pressure, a portion of the water contained in'Y the fountain-basin, and

also to increase the display of the water at' the jet by mingling air with the water ejected at the nozzle. By thus utilizing the pressure or headway -of thesupplied water, the display by the water ejected is greatly increased ywithout increasing the quantity of wa# tei supplied by the conduits, and thus, by

continuing to draw up and eject through the jet the water which has already passed through the apparatus, the expense ot' supplying large and ornamental fountains is very greatly den creased.

My invention consists in a mouth-piece dr nozzle, through which the water is delivered .from the supply pipe under pressure, surroundingwhich concentrically is ,an inverted l'unnel, extending' downward somewhat below the level of the water in the basin ofthe fountain, and also, in combination with the above devices, a second inverted funnel or tube, communicating with the external atmosphere,

Vand arranged concentrically within the fun nel tirst mentioned, about the said mouthpiece, as hereinafter particularly described.

Figure lis an elevation of a fountain, showing the arrangement of the devices constituting my invention for utilizing the pressure or headway in the supply-pipe to elevate and eject a portio'n of the'water in the basin.

Fig.'2 is a vertical central sectional view of the same, showing, in combination with the' devices shown in Fig. 1, the device for mingling air with the water ejected.' Fig. 3 on Sheet 2 is an elevation ot' a fountain having three basins,one'above the other, and shows a duplication ot' the devices shown in Fig. 1 for elevating the water from., the lower to the upper basin', and there discharging it through the jet with the water supplied under pressure. In the jet of the upper basin is also shown the device for mingling air with the water eject-ed.

A is the basin of the fountain. B is the pipe through which water is supplied to the fountain under pressure. a' is the nozzle of the pipe B. C is an inverted funnel, which is placed concentrically about the nozzle a., and

is arranged to extend down somewhat below the level ot' the water, W, in the basin A. This funnel. may be convenient-ly, and is preferably, extended down to the bottomjot' the basin, and there secured, as shown in the drawings, Figs. l and 2, and is then provided with opening c in its walls, whereby communication between the basin and' the interior of the fum nel is established. The extension upward, 11 of the funnel constitutes the mouth-piece or dischargelpipe ofthe fountain. A 'lhe nozzle a should be so arranged that it will be somewhat below the level of the water in the basin, in order that the water discharged through said nozzlev under pressure shall carl f with it through the mouth of the funnel a portion of the water lying in the basin; and ifea waste-pipe or veut is pro-- vided to the basin, or the basin is intended to discharge its surplusage of water by overflowing its brim, the said vent or brimshould be so arranged as to preserve'the level ofthe 'water in the basin somewhat above the mouth of the nozzle. l It-is evident that by `means of these d'evices, arranged as set forth, the water jdischarged through the nozzle a by `the pressure in the pipe B will act to draw a p0rtion of the waterin thebasin A into and through the funnel, and eject it. through the 'pipe Ifwith that ejected by the nozzle a. A

portion of the water in the basin-beingthus the suppl y-pipe.

2 mean/r expense in augmenting the water-.supply through the pipe B.

D is a tube of a cone shape, or` otherwise formed, with a narrow mouth at its upper end,

and arranged concentrically about the nozzle a.. and between said nozzle and the wall of the funnel C, as shown, thus leaving a space between the nozzle and the tube D, and also between said tube D and funnel C. The tube D is securely closed at its base, and has a pipe, d, opening from it into the external air, as shown. A cock, e, is furnished to said pipe to regulate or cut oi the supply ot' air. rlhe mouth of the tube D should be placed somewhat above the line of the mouth ot' the nozzle a, as shown. Now, it is evident that the water ejeotedjthrough the nozzle a under pressure will act to draw the air in through the tube D and force it out through the mouthpiece b ofthe cone C, mingled with the water discharged through the nozzle a and the water drawn from the basin through the funnel C,

whereby the waterwill be broken up into spray as it is ejected by the fountain, thus greatly enhancng'the beauty and ornamental appearance ofthe fountain. y

In Fig. 3 I show a duplication of these -described devices, whereby 4the water which falls from the upper basins to the lower one is elevated again from the lower into the middle basin, and from thence to the .upper basin, where it is again used to increase the display in the jet, and thus economize in the quantity of water necessary to be supplied to I the fountain..

In Fig. 3,-A, B', and C are, respectively, the upper, middle, and lower basins. -D is a' is a pipe leading from the lower to the middle basin, having on its lower end a funnel,c', arranged below the level of the w'ater insaid lower basin'. b is a nozzle leadin g from the supply-pipe, and is also properly arranged somewhat below the level of the water in said lower basin. b' is a nozzle leading from the supply-pipe, and is also properly arranged somewhat below the-waterlevel.

a is a pipe similar to fpipe a', and leads from the `supply-pipe tothe middle basin, the nozzle b" of which entersthe'funnel c", fixed on the lower end of' the' pipe am. a', connected also'witlr the supply-pipe D', has a nozzle,b, 4which enters into the funnel c on the lower end of the jetpipe am', through which the water is ejected from the suppl y-pipe; Thejet-pipe a has an air-pipe,

Vtion of my devices shown in Fig. 3.

d', opening intothe funnel or tube el", and having the mouth-p'iecef. 4

The operation of this duplication of my devices is obvious. The water ejected through "the jet am', and which falls successively to the middle and lower basins, is elevated by the action ofthe water discharged under pressure through the nozzles b b", passing through funnels c and c, thence to the upper basin, whereby, the nozzle b" ejecting water under pressure through the funnel c, it is again discharged through the jet-pipe am', mingled with the air'supplied through the'pipe d to tube e", and the display of the water at the jet and the successive. falls from one basin to another are largely increased without an increase in the water supplied by the conduit D.

It is not my intention to claim the duplica- Thearrangement there shown is an illustration ot' the mode ot' applying `my invention to large fountains, in which basins velevated one above y my invention, which is the economizing in the supply of water without detracting from the display obtained, is carried out.

What I claim Yas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fountain apparatus, the funnel C, extending below the level otl the water` in the basin A, and arranged concentrically about the nozzle-a., the mou-th of said nozzle bein g placed somewhat below the water-level in said basin, whereby water discharged under pressure throughthe nozzle a will act t0 carry upward and eject with it,'through the funnel 0,21. por'-,

tion ot' the water in the .basin A, the whole returning again to the basin, as and for the purpose specified. r4 2. In a fountain apparatus, the combination of the devices herein described for forcing upward, through the nozzle a, water4 from the tountaiii-hasinby the action ofthe water ejected under' pressure ywith the tube D, arranged conceutricallyabout the said nozzlev within the funnel (Land provided with the air-pipe d, the narrowmouth ot'said tubeD being extended somewhat above the 4tip ot' the said nozzle a, whereby avaler' discharged through the said nozzle under pressure will act to draw into andv through the tube D the external air, and mingle it-with theejected.

water, as sp'ecitied. 4

In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand this ,24th day of January, 1876.. j

TH. TURRE'ITINI.

VWitnesses:

Unas. H. UPTON, ALBERT TURRETTINL 

